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From: wes@uf.msc.edu (Wes Barris)
Subject: Re: HELP: Need 24 bits viewer
Message-ID: <1993Apr28.150141.13053@uc.msc.edu>
Keywords: 24 bit
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References:  <5713@seti.inria.fr> <1993Apr27.152315.12305@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 15:01:41 GMT
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In article <1993Apr27.152315.12305@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>, lilley@v5.cgu.mcc.ac.uk (Chris Lilley) writes:
|> 
|> In article <5713@seti.inria.fr>, deniaud@cartoon.inria.fr (Gilles Deniaud) writes:
|> 
|> >I'm looking for a program which is able to display 24 bits
|> >images. We are using a Sun Sparc equipped with Parallax
|> >graphics board running X11.
|> 
|> Utah raster toolkit using getx11. Convert your sun raster files (presumably) to 
|> ppm with the pbm+ toolkit then convert ppm to utah rle format with ppmtorle which
|> is provided in the toolkit.

Or just use the URT tool: rastorle.

|> 
|> I seem to remember that Xloadimage can do 24 bit servers too.

Yes, both it and the newer xli can.

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